From a casual reading of GD, you'd think this election was all about medical marijuana ...

[KharmaTrain]

50. Might As Well Scrap The Whole Thing...

I understand the frustrations...I have a lifetime of them of people voting against their own interests. But I don't wear tin foil hats and see everything as some fascist/corporate plot. The legislative system can and does work if those on this side of the sandbox are willing to get "dirty" and learn how to game the system just as the right wingers have been able to do since the late 70s. They work to get people on school boards and build up party organizations that gave them a power base to grow from. It's not sexy and it takes time but if Progressive ideals are to move forward in this country it has to be a political grassroots movement that forces those within the Democratic party to move more towards our common goals and objectives. It's been Progressive gains on the state level that have brought progress in MMJ and decriminalization efforts. If it can be done in places like Colorado and Vermont, it can be done elsewhere and should. Get enough states to decriminalize and it becomes the catalyst for change on the national level.

You are right that many people would benefit from decriminilzation...and there is merit to the many PTB that profit from keeping it illegal and/or maintaining prisons for profit, but one must believe that in people there is strength. Is that not what OWS is supposed to be? Change won't come from sitting on a street corner and yelling...it will be showing up in numbers on election day. Then it requires follow up...holding those politicians accountable. By ignoring the system you give power to those who you are fighting against.

Cheers...